Ezekiel 18:2

What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 37:25 promises permanent inheritance for descendants — in contrast to the proverb's claim that children suffer for parents' sins.

Ezekiel 12:22 quotes another false proverb ('visions come to nothing') that God refutes — similar rhetorical pattern to Ezekiel 18:2.

Ezekiel 16:44 uses 'like mother, like daughter' proverb about inherited behavior — akin to the sour grapes idea of familial consequences.

Ezekiel 37:11 quotes Israel's despair: 'our hope is lost'—parallel to 18:2 where they quote a blaming proverb; both are sayings God addresses.

Jeremiah 15:4 attributes Judah's suffering to Manasseh's sins — confirming the inherited punishment logic the proverb expresses.

Jeremiah 31:29 quotes the same sour grapes proverb, promising it will no longer be used in the new covenant.

Jeremiah 31:30 directly counters the proverb: each person dies for their own sin, not for parents' — same point as Ezekiel 18.

Lamentations 5:7 laments that children bear punishment for ancestors' sins — exactly the proverb's idea that Ezekiel 18 refutes.

Leviticus 26:39 states punishment for both personal and ancestral sins — the very idea behind the sour grapes proverb.

Matthew 23:36 Related theme

Matthew 23:36 declares that generation will bear guilt for past murders — similar inherited punishment logic as the sour grapes proverb.